Wil Hout is Associate Professor in World Development at The Institute for Social Studies (ISS), The Netherlands.Richard Robison is Emeritus Professor, Asia Research Centre and School of Politics and International Studies, Murdoch University, Australia.

• Preface. Notes on contributors. 1. Development and the Politics of Governance: Framework for Analysis Part 1: From ‘Development as Markets’ to ‘Development as Governance’ 2. Strange Bedfellows: Political Alliances in the Making of Neo-liberal Governance 3. Development and Governance: An Uneasy Relationship Part 2: Behind the Scenes at the Global Level: Global Public Goods or the Globalisation of Interests 4. Global Governance, Global Public Goods and the WTO: Contradictions between Trade Liberalisation and Development 5. Global Public Policy, Transnational Policy Communities and the Shaping of Governance 6. Governance, Politics and the European Mediterranean Partnership: Problems of Implementation or Policy Design? Part 3: Transplanting and Defining the Governance Model at the Ground Level 7. Real Governance: Change and Continuity in India’s Authority and Power Structures Jos Mooij 8. The Politics of Governance of Indonesia’s Forest Industries: Progress and Regress in a Neo-liberal Age Part 4: Governance and the Perils of Participation 9. The Politics of Entrapment: Parliaments, Governance and Poverty Reduction Strategies Pascale Hatcher 10. Attempting Illiberalism: The World Bank and the Embedding of Neo-liberal Governance in the Philippines 11. Civil Society Participation in Donor-driven Governance Programmes: Experiences from Central America Part 5: Governance in Post-Crisis Situations 12. Rebuilding Governance in Failed States: The Case of Timor Leste 13. The Politics of Public Management Reforms in Post-war Lebanon Conclusion 14. Where to Now: The End of ‘Good Governance’ as a Policy Agenda?

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